Jyri Virkki wrote: > Eric Reid - Sun ISV Engineering wrote: > >> There's really a whole class of software packages of this ilk -- perhaps >> it's not too late to press for a defacto standard in OSOL. Or maybe it is. >> > > Certainly not too late since IIRC not one of this class of apps has > formally integrated yet (read: available in /release) > > The way to make a standard is to run an ARC case for a representative > app of this kind and integrate it into /release (SFW for now). That > case can set the precedent for all others to follow. Since the stuff > going into /contrib (and /webstack) is unsupported it doesn't get any > review nor set a precedent. > > (Well technically you just need to run the ARC case to set the > precedent, not integrate, but might as well go all the way.) > > I'd very much like to do this for one of these apps so we set the > guidelines for others to follow. It'd be great if you volunteer your > time and Drupal to be the pioneer here ;-) I'd do it myself but don't > have the time... I can help you draft the ARC case and sponsor if you > pick up the dev work, however. > > > I think that arc'ing Drupal is a great idea and with hindsight it's maybe something we would have done earlier. Drupal is one of our High Profile communities and therefore it's possible to justify the effort it would require and the ongoing support and maintenance. But I'm in no way speaking on behalf of the Drupal team :o) Just seems like a good idea.
Amanda
